Procurement’s CWM Responsibilities
Welcome to the first article in a series that will examine which internal unit owns responsibility for the vast array of intricate attributes of contemporary contingent workforce management. Today’s article…
It’s a Brand New Day: AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation
Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: watch Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need to automate their…
Selectica Selects Iasta (Announces Plan to Acquire)
Last week, Selectica (ticker: SLTC) , a solution provider best known in our industry for its Contract Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire…
CPO Rising 2014: Convergence – Spheres of Influence
Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly…
The Future of Procurement (Podcast)
Rachel Spasser, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Ariba and I recently recorded a podcast where we discussed the future of procurement. The podcast was moderated by Dana…
The State of the Chief Procurement Officer in 2014
I recently published my annual CPO Rising report and I think our regular readers will be very interested in it. The report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is…
The 360-Degree CWM Program: A Primer
“Evolution” is a common term around CPO Rising, as many of the industries covered here on the site, be it ePayables or supply management, are currently undergoing a transformation within…
Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis
This year, for the first time, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…
Taking a 360° Approach to Supplier Management
Ardent Partners has just published a new report focused on Supplier Management. The fact is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the rights ones and managing them…